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Monthly Archives May 2008

Twitter

I have been experimenting with Twitter for a week or so. I am still not certain what I think. Letting folks know what I am doing on a regular basis does not come naturally. BTW – I am in MSP, babysitting, and watching the Twins game. Twins are down to NYY. I have also decided [...]

Posted 31 May 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Impulse Buy

I think I have made the following observation in previous posts. My wife and I are easy targets when we enter a store that sells technology. There is no system of checks and balances in play. There is no voice of reason. If we don’t own it, there is probably some reason one of us [...]

Posted 28 May 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Travel

We rent an apartment on a lake near Alexandria, MN, for the summer. We have shared this apartment with Cindy’s brother and his wife Denise for several years. With gas near $4, the 180 mile trip is costly but affordable. Having a little disposal income allowing such luxuries is one of the benefits of being [...]

Posted 25 May 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Textbook Costs

A recent NY Times editorial examined the cost of college textbooks. The piece outlined factors the writer contends are responsible for rising prices. The editorial also points to the efforts of Congress to require companies to sell resources as individual products rather than as bundles and proposes that online resources could be made available to [...]

Posted 22 May 2008 † grabe § Rants ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Nature of blogging changing?

Louis Gray has generated a post contending that blogging may be moving from blogging 1.0 to 2.0, identifying the issues involved in this transition, and reflecting on why 1.0 bloggers may be frustrated. The 1.0 to 2.0 transition was not described in the manner I expected. I think of the switch mostly focused around the [...]

Posted 19 May 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Time to think

I have a little time between the end of the Spring semester and the time when things pick up for the summer. Cindy still has a couple of weeks to go before the schools are done. Recently, I have taken advantage of this time to make a trip from Grand Forks to Iowa to visit [...]

Posted 16 May 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Basic Math and What I Know About Business

Finals are over, grading is done, and now I have some time to generate a few blog posts. Over the next couple of weeks, I hope to generate a few posts (maybe 3) concerning the cost of instructional materials. I have written about this issue before (If you interested use the search box, I have [...]

Posted 15 May 2008 † grabe § Rants ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: